Means for operating churns



(No Model.) d n J. W. HOPKINS.

MEANS POROPERATING GHURNS. 4

1\I0.422`,217. Patented Feb.25,1890.

UNITED STA-TES PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHN WALLACE HOPKINS, OF SEYMOUR, MISSOURI.

VMEANS FOR OPERATING vCHURNS.

SPIFCATION forming part of Inetters Eatent No. 422,21*?, dated February 25, 1890. Application iiled November l, 1889. Serial No. 329,078@ (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WALLACE Hor- KINS, a citizen-of the United States, residing at Seymour, inthe county of IVebster and -State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Means for Operating Ohurns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in means for operating churns; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

In carrying out my invention I employ a base A, on which' the churn-body rests, and on this base I erect a standard B. To the upper end of the standard I secure a horizontal frame C, in which the dasher-staft` is journaled, and the operating-lever D is also mounted in this frame. The operating-lever is provided at its inner end with a segment E, having a groove F in its periphery, and a cord Gr is secured to the lever and iits in the groove of the segment. Between the dasher-staff and the lever I journal in the frame C a vertical shaft H, on which is a pulley I, having a grooved periphery, and a cord J passes around the groove in the same and around the dasherstaff. The cord G, secured to the lever, is

wrapped around the shaft .II below the pulley I, as shown.

In practice the churn-bod y is placed on the base and is then filled, either entirely orpartially, with cream, after which the operatinglever is vibrated horizontally, as Will be readily understood. As the lever is vibrated the cord secured thereto will transmit its motion to the pulley I, so as to rotate the dasher-staii:`, and the cream will be thoroughly agitated.

My improved means for operating churns is very simple in its construction, and its several parts are compaetly arranged, so that it will be strong and durable. The segment and the operatingblever, it will be noticed, are integral, so that the churn will be positively operated and the cost of its manufacture reduced. The groove in the periphery of the segment prevents the cord slipping from the same, and the friction, and consequently the Wear, on the cord is reduced toa minimum.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim is The combination, with the standard and the frame C, secured to the upper end of the same, of the flasher-staff journaled in said frame, the horizontally-disposed operating lever mounted in said frame and provided at its inner end with an integral segmenthaving a grooved periphery, the shaft II, mounted in the frame, the pulley on said shaft, having a grooved periphery, the cord passing around said groove and the dasher-staft, and the cord secured to the lever, itting in the groove of the segment and passing around the shaft H, substantially as described.

In testimony that VI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. l

' JOHN WALLACE HOPKINS.

Witnesses:

J. W. FUsoN, J. W. Goon. 

